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The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-01-01
THE OLD BELL RINGER.
cathedral white and silent lie,

The oil cathedral white and silent lss,
Its slender towers poii ting To the skies,
Crowned on each pinnaclc with heavenly light:
The morn ioo,:s down ana smiles her silver smile
Touching the world To loveiiness the while,
Yet breathing such sil,nce from her height
That VIC could fancy even an angels TRAD
No hoier aim upon the air should shed
Than this sweet silence of the moonlight night
Twas on this day, just thirty years ago.
And all the land lay warm bencath the SNOW,
ts,tassl higher still the shadows softly stealD
They laid my darling, in her narrow led,
While upon it, brink felt cold and dead,
Bearing u sorrow winch time could heal:
(For few moments with my weakness bear,
l scarce tonight can cross the snowy square,
Though must join you i'm your midnight pealo
Remember9 remember it so we'll
Each tiny snowflake kissed her as it fell
Upon the los-.y mound that stood alone;
For hours durnhly kneit, but could pray,
And then turned and went my lonely way
MissSnc, the hand that used to clasp my own,
Missin; the dear fac. at my side;
I had but her in all the world SO wide.
What won-ler that my heart seemed turned to
ston.:
That night the Old Year died. Some one had said
That I-whose love lay still and dead
Should rin; the birthday chime of the New
Year;
So from my loneliness rose and came
Would MOI my grief be everywhere the same?
All, you remember now So full AMI clcar
The Joyous chime flew thu frosty air.
You wonder your laughter did not share;
How could You guess this was my wordess
prayer.
And that knew ut last my God could hear
Alone and still her grave lay far below,
Covered 50 softly by the quiet Snow,
But far above sle dweit ia winter dress
In brighter joy AMI puFcr lovs illness,
And toward this home oar happy peal arose;
What wonder could lift my eyes at last
And, lftir., them. tie darkest hour seemed past;
I'm coming, friends; how dim the morn light
grows.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-01-01
NEW YEARS RESOLVE.

AS the dead year h clasped by dead Deeember,
So let your dead sins with your dead days lie.
new life is yours and a new hopel Remember
We build our own ladders TO climb to the sky.
Stand ont in tbs sunlight of promise, forgetting
Whatever your past held of sorrow or wrong;
We vast. half strength in a useless regret
tinS;
We sit by old tombs in the dark too long.
Have you missed in your aim? Well, the mark is
still shining;
Did YOU faint in the race? well take breath for
tIr- next:
Did the clouds drive you backs but see yonder
their lining;
Were you tempted and .tll? let it serve for n
text
As each var hurTis by 1T it join that procession
OF st,.i,tnn shapes that march down To the past,
Will, YOU take. your place in the line of progress
sto!l,
Win your eyes ON the heavens, your face to the
blet
I tell you the future can hold no terrors
For any sud soul while the stars revolve,
II H. VIII hut stand firm the grave of his errors,
And Instead of r'yrcttng, resolve, resolve!
II il never too lat. to begin rebuilding,
Though all into ruins your life seems hurled
For loo1. how the light of the year is gliding
the worn, wan face of the bruised old worldi
Ella Wheeler Wilcox.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-01-01
New Thought for the New Year,

The new year ought To mean new thought
il the old has been oppressive The new
years resolve has something of the divinity
in it, carly and often it is broken. Even
the resolve to break or some old habit is q
stride forward, step upward. Every re-
form, every upbuildinS must have - origin
in a new thought. thought lies behind
every action
In making new resolves, nothing IL more
necessary than To cultivate the art of forget
ting. The reason some people are chronically
wretchc1 is because, il they had "A SORROW, a
burden a disgrace they forever think
ing about it, and so forever remaining con-
scious of it. They carry it in their mind,
which is really keeping it alive all the time
Did they but know it, the world wouki soon
forget il il they would allow it to- If they
would throw it out of their mi nj and compel
il to stay out it would cease to exist. No hu-
man soul ever grew upward who nursei his
former bunders, failuI g. and sins in his
mind.
.How can l forget my woes!" says one
"They inhabit my mind incsssantly, and
can't get a minutes respite from their tor
ture." Yes, you can Bring into your mind
new, fresh, good thought and the old OBJ
pressive, soul destroying kind will leave, be-
cause it will not feel at home with the new.
When you light up room YOU don't first try
to drive the dark out. You make "a light
and, 10! the dark il gone. IL cannot stay
sponticnt ::.d destructive thought-it leaves
when there no dark corncrs III the mind
for il to Turk ill.,
Thought is something mo = than "airy
nothings Of the BRAIN IL is substance, the
finest substance i'm the universe. the invisible
motor Of mankind, mentally aid physically,
for it is behind every movement, every
action. Prentice Milford says:
TO learn IL forget Is as necessary AMI use
full as to learn To remember. We think C.
many things every day which it would be
more profitable not To think of at all. To be
able to forget il to be able to drive away the
unseen force (tkouSht) which is injuring us,
and change il for a force Tor orier OF thought)
to benefit Us. To-day thousands on Thousands
never think Of controlling the character Of
their thought They allow their minds to
drift Tiicy never say Of a thought that Is
troubling theih, Il won't think Of it, I'm
consciously, then, they demand what works
them Ill, AMI their bodies are made sicl. by
tn. kind Of thought which they allow their
minis to fcsten on. An ugly or melancholy
mOod Of mind is a devil 1t can make us sick,
loo US friends and iosc W. money!
80 tie resolves tli.s cboenl On New Years
-o-.ii,,sss wise AID well They are the be-
Rirni-i.s a Cool cct:on- Ai:ey may fall into
ruins iceiCre the day Is out, bat having once
entered tie Inild they VIII c,.ns back again
II encouraged G. q.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-01-01

I'm, Shall maze great changes III u
twcivcmonth," H. aid confidently. ~The old
earth will be another place altogether before
long. 1t needs nothing but IA good sweeping.
/ and my broom will do the work md do it
we'll Brush Of the dirt and new order of
| things will inauSUiate itself Immediately.
Look out for universal honesty, good times,
safe banks, good wages, clean minded states
men - but really, l must hurry on, l have
an appointment, begin my sweeping in a
few minutes"
"But YOU haven't told me your names" l
on his shoulder.
He looked back. broad grin on his hand
some young face, and answered, Eighteen
Eighty Seven"
Before l recovered from my astonishment
H. added 40. can sweep; I'll show you" and
he went OH in his vanity and ignorance
Poor, foolish, inexperienced, happy New
Year.
Turning about, l started toward home, and
I'm a moment more heard the village bells
"rinS out the old" and ring in the new"
l had not gone far when l met another
Traveller. very different figure from the vel
vet-,.lad youth with the confident air who had
lust left me. He was walking with tirszl
step, and was bent, as under n burden As
Ia, approached l. saw that he was elderly,
somewhat broken down, careworn as 20
under one arm hc carried n tremendous scroll,
AMI in the other hand the worst wreck OF n
broom l had ever laid eyes on Il was i'm
pressed :" as the clairv ants say, with the lie
lief that Inc was Eighteen Eighty Six, and 10y
that name | accostcd him as courteously as l
could, and offered him my sympathy
sympathy" said the old man, laughing
till he shook -Sympathys Well that Is
| really laughablc. Thanks, my good friend,
but 1 don't need it. Your congratulations
would Ia better If you have any sympathy
to throw AROUND recklessly give it t. my sue
cessor | know the siZe of the load me has u
pick up. That is a i.ne broom he carries, too.
Mine was as good year ago Look at 1t
nowi Hardly IA spear of it remains, and with
all its hard usage, l fear L haven't left the
earth much cleaner. l found the contract
too much for me- though started in as chip
Ier as he does. | was chock full of reform
iieas; but You how my efforts to clear up
the earth have aged me, and how l have
s..ufrc,i my clothes, well as my soul But
I'm through with 1T now, and am going to
disembody myself, and look OH mt tho other
fellow awhile" His eyes had humorous
sparkle, and he certainly Wore a look OF
happy relief
as it possible that your record is so bulkyP
l asked, pointing to his scroll
Bulky" said the Old man, with a sarcastic
| grin. If you want to know the heft rs well
as the bulk of it you should glance over it, 1t
| is made up of deaths, riots, earthquakes,
| broken banks, trrist'sd officials going wrong,
wrecks, runaways, blow uls, wars, rumors Of
| wars the overthrow of the Liberal parlia-
| ment in England, crazy monarchs. Doodle
| aldermen, new recruits for Sing Sing. CON
| tested wills hard times, strikes, suicides,
| sickness, murders, burglaries, thcfts, and
| nearly every unpleasant thing you could
| think Of Think of the Eeartaches repre-
| sented in this record. The thought Of them
opDrcsSeS me-"
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-01-01
PUIL'SNEW YEARS PRESENT

In one of the big buildings in the "down-
town" of New York, whence the newspapers
enianate and tho financial wheels that move
the whole country rcvolve, there is a cigar
store presided over by young man known
as Phil" He has more pretentious name,
no doubt, but the customers who buy cigars
there have never heard it. His face has been
daily reflected in the glittering show cases of
that establishment for five years. In do
scribina him il would be enough to say that
his principal apparent possessions ARE fiery
AMI formidable mustnche and a kind heart.
The Little newsboys and newsgirls in his
neighborho,sl have learned to be very fond OF
Phil in the five years they have known him
When the weather is cold they Tit in and out
OF his rluc, of business like stray birds SEEK
ing shelter, and they are always welcome.
Phil never sail a word or wore a look that
would cause the ragge,iest and dirtiest of
them 10 feel that their presence was an intru-
sion. They tluttered i'll at all times with
rags flying like flaglets over their shivering
little bodies and hair failing over their red
and gri,ny faces. They warmed their be-
nuInlcd fingers and chirruped together, feel
ing perfectly at home in Pills shop, and then
sin,,ly, in groups, darted out into the cold
to pursue the difficult business of earning
their bread.
was ready to close the store, n party of his
little friends rushed in. Their eyes were
glowing, and their manner indicated that
something unusually exciting was in the
wind. The company was headed by a black
eyed, baby faced girl, who has no other name
than Mary. She had been selling papers on
the corner for three years, and when She first
began she was SO little she could not walk up
the steps. Paddy IiaGgcrty was next in the
procession. For years his father had a news
stand on tbs corner OF Beclxman street, and
just four weeks before New Years had
dropped dead there. Besides these there were
MicScy-thc Pis, SNOWFALL Billy, n fuzzy
headed blonde; Becky McGill, Oscar-the-
Duds AMI wee little Bible Back, so called be-
calr,c he has hump between his shoulders
resembling "a family Bible. Yes, and 'Siplas
Johnny was also ono OF them. He acquired
his nanc FROM chronic rash ON his face re-
Smblins crysI elas.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-01-01

But YOU have done some things tn felici-
tat, yourself upon, haven't you" l asked.
Yes | think 1 have" Inc said, looking
pleased Il set up the Liberty statue in New
York harhor; inaugurate,I q now political
,rIrty-I think have-and brought big
thought wave, which Is making People hunt
up their souls anil take some caro- of them, as
well as of their bodies. s.wesi some seed
that Will not bring forth thistles, mark me,
ami then L am so thankful that wasn't a
campaign year"
lit is little melancholy, though, to go
away forever, isn't it,.
"Forcvert" he repeated, mu~ingly, looking
down at the white snow n moment. For
everl / am not sure that do. This talk
about the continued re-embo,liment of souls
that Is .oing on row in the western well as
the caster. v.tr-l - SOMETHING l am interest
ell in and have encouraged For ausht !
know | may come a1suin. with q new name
and u ncw body, AMI further or finish what |
| have bcf,un here IL il said Ihas all that is
dead shall live ami Gil that lives shall die.
Let me quote Edwin Arnold II moment:
N.orse-better-last for first AMI first for last;
| TIL, sl.;,li in the heavens OF sil.iness reap
FIui5., of holy past.
Tn devil, in the under works out
Ih~,s!s that wcr,. wicked in age gone by,
N,tnin.: c,lur,s; fair virtues waste with time,
Fool SIMS grow pursed thereby
Who toil,ti a sieve may come anew a prince
For = ntle worth-IIesls AMI merit won;
Who rulCd a king may wander Garth IN rags,
! Fo< things done and undone.
| Only while turns this wheel invisible,
No pause no peace, no staying place can Be,
Who mounts may fall, who falls may mount;
the spokes
Go round increasingly.
/ He finished, and taking fresh grip on his
+ ponderous scroll and using the handle OF his
worn out broom for a staff made ready to
move on Then he spoke again: you, too.
my irsend must die and live, and live and
: die. You may meet ma again. but you viii
have changed You VIII wear q new face,
/ and be known by a new name The sunrisss
! comes Peace be with you. An revoir, N and
: he passed on out Of my sight forever.
/ MAX ELTON.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-01-01

Tho procession marcaesl up to the counter
with an air OF mingled mystery and solem-
nifty. Then Paddy iaggerty pulled OF the
remains of his hat and struck n stacy atti-
tude.
"Pnil," be said, "mc an the rest Of us Is
been about your shop good while and ives
always got used white. Youse done lots of
decent thirgs 10y us, and wo likes yer SO
Mary AMI the Dude sayin as how we
might get Yer present for New Years
When We passed. arounl tho hat we got quite
n little pot, AMI Becky and Bible laid it OUT
Tine Little Italian girl stopped to the front
as Paddy concluded, and from beneath her
thin and faded wrap drew a gorgeous old
gold silk handkerchief.
~Ain't it a corker." she said as she handed
il over the show case Phil took it and for a
whole minute was silent Tears stood in his
kind eyes, and when he did speak his voice
trembied. All he could say was thank you,
little friends; thank you" and then the small
procession faced about and marched out.
Phil sets n higher value on the old gold
handkerchief than on any gift he ever re-
ceive,l 1t represents sincere gratitude and
abundant good Will
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-01-01

Tho h.ii-; j. den'is TlF.u is't me pea.
y I,.-:- from INV ton--tt- of steel
IIpSI.i5s. -h- rtitc lJy Vt fol
." sc H. -. Ii t's.nu.f trlilcd
Has . r.,.s. is,ltr'I. hi; passion pIslcd,
Ana hope hTi --ift str once, more unveiled,
Iii i r-syt.n5l
Around aTuInI
y King is dad. a kin, Is crowned.
Tho King l.; dead, !. too. would tell
\ dir.-t' u lin; departed soul,
Out ia tn night, from pol,. tn pole.
Der deep and desert mount AMI vale
Roll, roll II ot.t upon tn. gaL..
I al al earth lists iii" thrilling tII,
In cottage homes
Meath isils'ti homes
E.h0lI tGr kincsi
IL, comes. liz. CoIneSi
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-01-01

As the old year blends into the now every
mortal stops and gives his enemy, Time d
acknOwleiGtTl; the speed fat which he travel
Is commented Upon, If not with approval
then with establishment His reyenTcs are
remembered, and plans buiieri Tor con
ciliatinS him He is admitted L. bo a iornlid
able foe, sure to close in Ons, eventually
but who can he brised and ca iole, and per
suadesi into ieniency for many a day tn come
Most of US try our best Ia pull the wool over
his eyes, and believe wee are doing it finely,
only 10 find out at last that we never sue
ct1slpI
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-01-01
THE OLD AND THE NEW.

Oecember,s sun II low; the year Is Old;
Through faile leaves and flying flakes OF snow
The aged pilgrim climbs the mountain cold.
But look, the SUBMITS ia the aftergiowi
The fierce winds hold their breath: the rocks give
way:
The stars look down tn guide her up the height
And all around her lonely footsteps play
Auroral waves Of 81 ritual light.
Nothing before her bat the PEAK, the SKY,
Nothings An, look hey ond Is everythingl
Over thess mountains grsAencr valleys lie:
A happier New Year, an eternal Spring,
Lucy Iarcom.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-01-01
THE OLD YEARS BLESSING.

am failing from you,
But ore draweth near,
Called the angel guardian
OF the coming year.
b my gifts and grnces
Coidiy you forget,
L.. the New Years angel
Bless and crown them yet
For We work together;
He and are one,
Let him end and perfect
All leave undone-
brought good desires,
Though a. yet but seeds:
Let the New Year make thom
Blossom into deeds.
drought joy to brighten
Man. happy days;
Let the New Years angel
Turn it into praise.
III give you sickness,
IL brought you care,
Let him make one patience
And the other prayer.
Where brought you sorrow,
Through his care at ength,
II may rise triumphant
Into future strength
II 7 brought you plenty,
All wealth's courteous charms
Shall not the new angel
Turn them into aims?
i gave health and leiscre,
Skill to dream and plan; .
Let him make them nobler
Work for God and man.
If I broke your idols,
Showed you they were dust,
Let him turn tho knowledge
Into heavenly trust.
If brought temptation, II
Let sin die away, n
Into boundiess pity 4
For all hearts that stray.
III your list of errors
Dark and long appears,
Let this new born monarch
Melt them into tears.
May you hold this angel
Dearer than the last
So bless his future
Whii. he crowns my pust.
ADELAIDE A. PRocroR
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-01-01
OLD WEATHER PREDICTIONS.

If New Years eve ni-Et wind blow south
II bctokeneth warmth and growth;
IL west, nlucI mils AID fish in the sea;
II north. mnch cold and storms there viii be;
Ii east. II" tres viii bear much fruit.
III noIthsa st. Zoe IL. Eian and brute.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-01-01
ON NEW YEARS MORN.

A boat sailed ont o.i the GLIDING tide,
To toll all nj .tit or iisd Ia TIA, ss-a,
Tho sails wtr, / as s.l 40 itci free
And tossed the i',aGiin., .-ag,s aside;
AMI the iia.I-rilan sail a. n -Lled away,
II come nv back tilt the break Of day"
The Wini lr,,s. AMI t!i. Wild,
And III" an,r1 waves obeyed the gale;
The fisherman thought a. lac furled the SAIL
OF "a cuitag;r h"m.., OF wife and child;
Aud he SAIL as Ia tDil.J, God pray,
Thou wilt keep nae safe TIL the break of day"
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-01-01

That great mystery of Time, were there no
other, the illimitable, silent, never resting
thing called Time, rolling, rushing on, swift,
silent like AN all embracing ocean tide, on
which We antl-all the universe swim like ex-
halatiois, like Ev.,ari.ions which are, and
then are not this is forever very literally a
niracle-a thing &c strike ms dumb-for we
have no word to speak abort it.-Carlyle.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-01-01

What is time. The shadow on the dial,
the striking of the clock, the running OF the
sand, day and night, summer and winter,
months, years, centuries; these are but arbi-
frary AMI outward signs, the measure of
time, not time itself Time is the life of the
soul-Longfelow' hyperion.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-01-01
IN MEMORiAM.

Old year is dead. i'uh-sIess and cold he lies
Wrapped IN the purple of the midnight skies,
crown of silImalering stars upon his breast,
His earth reign Der. Peace to his royal rest!
The jewelast scepter OF to-norrow's morn
By new-crowned king will proudly be upborne;
Fen now, impatient, clad morning, waits
To opc for New Year sun barred golden gates
And gayiy on her way the fair morn drifts
To shower in fckle homa-yc gracious gifts,
As now she Kiss Old Years pailid face,
That oft hath l;lowed beneath her fond embrace.
Poor, fallen year. pierced by Times cruel blade,
phantom wandering, ia the past's drsar shade
Thou soon wilt he; in long procession days
VIII follow, weeping, chanting loud thy praise.
And laurel wreatiis to Irvine thy empty skull,
The worlds hands eager, thoushtfully viii Gull;
And where thou LEST on thy STOW -palled bier
The coming, age viii drop regretful tear.
T.,Cn rest, thou royal Old Year: though the New
We welcome in with loyal hearts and true,
Still art thou dear to all. Rest Old Year, rest,
lay the rose of sweet remembrance on thy breast
And though its colors fade. It's crumbling heart
4 perfuric p,ire shall slibty e'er impaTt
It's ;:ygectnG--I , san5es. Have no fear
Thou wit not he forgotten, dear Old Year,
MARIE LEBANON.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-01-01

Like wind flies Time tween birth and death;
Thepforl'. as long as thou hast breath
OF care for two days hold thou free
The day that was and is to be.
Omar Khayyem.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-01-01
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The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-01-01
CONTAMINATION T--TITIITIITIII- iNlTTE'1,-
" ! i ! | I I

The infan: at tho blackboard rubbing of
tho old record Is one of US, for are all
children and always will Ia in wisdom. The
idea is not a bad one Expungc the old
record and begin again. The future is al
ways letter than the past.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-01-01
PaIker'S IDttTIathen Dye Works

IL KINis GF 'AnIE>' SILK AID
~ "a o.i, D. br''fsh Dy s.l ard fkBD'd with
cut tipping Cont CH ~ ca thing ~ ar, a
aud Dyed ia q e most crf' a msni or. Aho.
Pisno snf Table q vrIs. iAn b 'guBs etc.
u. X. FAkkAN CO, tg.rts for Pal tka
and vicinity. v u Civ" you info nation ia re-
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The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-01-01

he seemed so serious and earnest about 10
that l pitied him for his deIusion- How
hong will iu ta.se you to finish such u
tractf' asked, feeling a great compassion
for his disordercd mind with its humanitarian
Instincts.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1887-09-15

I Whlis Il ia fact that al the proscri
,smc Blaine is 10 far Ia the lead for The
presidential candidacy on the gepnhliosn
iiclei that u seems likely that nothing
bat death or disability vill proven, bis
nomination neri rear, Jet there Il grow
ing iecling 10 issor 81 Robert Lineoln Of
Chicago. sou ei Honest old Abe -
Robert is q very quiet man who sticks 10
business and cschews politics. says be
would 10, take the Vice Presidency aud
does not want The Presidency. Yet there
is somehow q growing conviction, es-
pecially among the plsin common people
who msko up the bulk Of the voters 10
The party. ihs, be would make an uneom-
monty good President He has been little
10 public life. bat bias served one term AS
Secretary Oh War and performed the du-
ties Of The Office 10 very acceptable man.
TER without fuss or blHsier; aud the de-
partmrbi has seldom II ever run more
smoothly and with greater satisfaction 10
ali concerned than during bis administra
ton Of IT,
Brought UP 10 good business habits
With The sterling honesty Of purpose that
characterized bis illastrious father, With
him in the presidential chair there would
be feeling Of security which hardly any
other man IN the nation could inspire
He Is strong believer In civil service
reform according to the best interprets-
tlon Of the term. not crank or fanatic,
not sportsman" but mao who would
bring the best business principles TO his
aid in the administration Of the affairs OF
tho government. II by any chance Blaine
is not in the field next year, il is not at all
that Robert Lincoln may be
the neIt Republican candidate.